I might be an idiot, but rebuilding with one of the youngest team, a new QB (following a legend) and having a schedule that puts us against all of last years Nr 1s.... .500 doesn't seem that bad to me.
We've been spoiled these last couple of years. We went 9-24 AT HOME between 86-92, till Brett started, followed by a SB in 96. Rebuilding at a .500 level doens't seem all that bad.
Not saying I wouldn't want my Pack to do better, ofcourse, but these inconsistencies are obviously coming with inexperience.
"Rockmolder" wrote:
Yeah, I agree 5-6 isn't that bad coming off a 13-3 season.
Why get something done today when you can do it tomorrow. Hence, why make a run at the SB with the same players? Get rid of them all and start fresh. That formula we had last year was just luck. Let's throw out that recipe for success and being the mad scientist we are, let's get even younger players and totally mix everything up. Then you can make a run at it 3-4 years from now. That's Ted Thompson's genius. Favre was obviously on the decline (all washed up) and we couldn't have gotten one more good year out of him. He totally sucked in 2007 and wouldn't have done anything for us in 2008. It was the right choice to move on. The Train left the station and it was all Favre's fault. Old man shouldn't have retired for three months.
"greenwhiteandnogold" wrote:
I never said Favre was washed up. We didn't have a choice though. It was either getting him back for a year, maybe two, or having Aaron stay hear. I bet Ted Thompson would've been killed in the media in 3 years, if we had Grossman at QB or something.
t might be a personnel problem, I agree with you there, Favre sees the rush coming and other things you just gain through experience. Rodgers doesn't have all that yet, so the O-line looks like they would with any quarterback except for Nr. 4, the magician.
I would like to know who else you're talking about though, when you're refering to 'taking away all the old players and start over fresh'. We pretty much have the same team as last year, with one big change.
I think you just want someone to have the blame for our record, and you're free to do that, obviously. I don't think it's Thompson's fault though, and as we get more experienced, I see us winning a SB with most of this team.
"Rockmolder" wrote: